QEP Team Meeting
Minutes
11/3/2009
Attended (via SPOC): Gail Lancaster, Carol Weideman, Karen Hesting
Topics:
I)
Assessment
A) The Critical Thinking Subcommittee met on 10/21/09. Three
recommendations will be forwarded to the Educational Oversight Group:
1) Concerning discipline-specific assessments for critical thinking, it is
recommended that SPC work toward encouraging faculty to make
known what critical thinking assessments and activities they are
utilizing.
2) After considering the various critical thinking assessments and
comparing institutional benefit, it is recommended that ePortfolio
resources be reallocated to administration of the Community
College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE).
3) It is recommended to promote the Gateway Website
(http://www.SPCollege.edu/CriticalThinking) via the main SPC
Webpage, department Webpages, and other publications (i.e., Blue
& White).
B) Assessment Rubric for Critical Thinking (ARC)
1) Fall ARC Administration
(a) Received via ANGEL
(i) TS1334 - Windows Server Netwrk Infra (In Class) Hoopes
- 4286
(ii) PLA4941 - Paralegal Studies Capstone (In Class) Powers 3376
(iii) SPC1065 - Business/Professional Speaking (Blended)
Jensen - 2159
(iv) SPC1608 - Public Speaking (Blended) Ford – 1678 (not
from the random selection, and will not be used for scoring
session)
(v) SPC1608 - Public Speaking (In Class) Ford - 2723
(vi) SPC1608 - Public Speaking (In Class) Jefferis - 1640
(vii) LIS1002 - Electronic Research Strategies (Online)
Lancaster - 1974
(b) Received via Interoffice Mail
(i) SPC 1017 #1511 – Tony Smith
(ii) SPC 1017 #1614 – Cynthia Sampson
(iii) SPC 1017 #3701 – Polly Nielsen
(iv) SPC 1065 #1798 – Tony Smith
(v) SPC 1065 #1239 – Polly Nielsen
(c) Janice will ask Bonnie if she can poll faculty to find out if they
used the ARC to score, and if they could provide examples of
exemplary, average, and poor. She will ask Holly and Christie if
they scored theirs, and whether they can provide exemplary,
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average, and poor examples. Gail will send Janice her exemplary,
average, and poor examples.
2) ARC Scoring Workshop
(a) Friday, November 20
(b) 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
(c) EpiCenter 1-324
(d) Faculty Champions have been asked to invite a few of their
discipline’s faculty to participate. Approximately 5 scenario
responses per hour per person can be scored, meaning 15 can be
scored per person during the 4-hour ARC Scoring Workshop.
Janice will poll Faculty Champions again to find out a more
accurate number of participants.
(e) Carol will speak to Jesse about sampling.
(f) Janice will gather materials for the workshop:
(i) Copies of ARC – one per person.
(ii) Bubble sheet (Carol will send to Janice) – one per paper
(iii) Pencils
(iv) Post-its
(v) Refreshments – coffee, tea, water, danish, etc. Gail will
bring chocolate.
C) Critical Thinking Assessment Test (CAT)
1) Carol facilitated a CAT Panel Discussion at the Fall Critical Thinking
Institute on 10/9/09.
2) Carol presented the concept of administering the CAT in specific math
courses during the math meeting on 10/23/09. Janice will follow-up
with Sharon Griggs to discuss administration in core math courses for
Gen Ed: MAC 1105, STA 2023, and/or MGF 1106.
D) Status of Process Measures and Assessments are now available via the
Gateway Website.
Student Success
A) Classroom Activities
1) New form from WITS – The project scope grew and WITS needed to
bump it for something else. Mike is trying to do the PHP himself and
so it is not a quick project like he is accustomed to.
2) Gail asked faculty to input discipline-specific activities into the existing
form, and five have been submitted, which are now included in the list
via the Gateway Website. Gail has more she’ll input.
B) Rubrics
1) More rubric examples: Janice will ask Jesse about his rubric presentation.
Can Faculty Champions create a rubric to assess the Intervention? Look
at other college’s examples:
(a) http://www.sinclair.edu/about/learning/gened/genedrubrics/
(b) http://www.neiu.edu/~neassess/pdf/CriThinkRoger-long.pdf
C) ePortfolio
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1) During the Critical Thinking Sub-Committee Meeting, the following was
determined to be a recommendation to relay to the Educational
Oversight Group: After considering the various critical thinking
assessments and comparing institutional benefit, it is recommended
that ePortfolio resources be reallocated to administration of the
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE).
D) Student Activities
1) Janice and Gail presented “Sharpening Your Student Affairs Saw” at the
Student Affairs professional development event on 10/23/09.
Professional Development
A) QEC Meeting follow-up
1) Discussion about the creation of a Center for Teaching & Learning. Janice
will ask Anne about the possibility of a place for faculty to gather and
share.
2) Brainstorm of Professional Development ideas: Janice will review the
information gathered before to see what is still current. She will cluster
the ideas, and then ask Earl to send out to the members of the
Professional Development Committee to look for conferences/speaker
and evaluate each one: cost, closely aligned, etc. A follow-up will take
place at the December Faculty Champion meeting.
Critical Thinking Workshops (customized) – headscratchers.com
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning – The Ohio State University
Teaching, Learning & Technology (TLT) – Flashlight (WITS)
How to assess students’ critical thinking (classroom)
CAT Scoring Workshop
Assessing thinking styles – how we process information; how others do it
Sharing Sessions – what our faculty are already doing
MLO’s – identifying/critical thinking assessing
What do we need to do? (new programs to QEP) Use previous Faculty
Champions as Mentors; AS vs. AA (separate process)
Adjuncts professional development
Train students to think critically for problem-solving
Barry University – approach information/problem
Industry-driven problems (scenarios, team-building)
Collaboration of best practices (COR, 3-Year Review)
Writing scenarios/simulations to get students to think (Fink)
Group dynamics/team-building
Building a Center for Teaching & Learning/Mentoring
B) Critical Thinking Institutes
1) Fall Critical Thinking Institute was held at the St. Petersburg/Gibbs
Campus on 10/9/09 with over 100 attendees. Certificates of
Attendance, thank you letters, and an online evaluation were sent.
2) Beach Retreat (Janice will look into reserving the Civitan Beach Club.)
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3) Janice presented a session about the highlights of the Fall Critical
Thinking Institute at the Fall Professional Development Day on
10/23/09.
4) Spring Critical Thinking Institute (Narrowing the Gulf)
(a) March 18-19, 2010, EpiCenter
(b) Barry Stein has agreed to meet with the Faculty Champions after
his keynote address (9:45ish)
(c) Call for proposals was sent out 10/15/09 and are due November 15.
Faculty Champions
1) Chad Mairn has not yet indicated whether he is looking for a co-Champion
or planning to go solo.
2) Faculty Champion Guide
(a) Janice solicited feedback regarding the reorganization on 10/6/09,
and is awaiting response.
(b) A video to highlight the College of Education's Student Learning
Inquiry Project (SLIP) and how this interfaces with QEP/critical
thinking was developed and is still being revised.
(c) Nancy Watkins is considering doing a studio-version of her
graphic organizers lesson.
(d) Janice is planning to create learning modules to help clarify
assessment and activities that promote critical thinking.
Academic Round Tables
1) 2009 Summer Deliverables:
(a) Business Technologies, Library, Nursing, and Paralegal are
complete.
(b) Communications is still working.
2) 2009 Fall Deliverables:
(a) Instructional Portfolio component
(i) Systematic Observation
(ii) Observations
(iii) Results Analysis
(iv) Peer Evaluation
(v) Key Issues
(vi) Results Synthesis
(vii) Context of Knowledge Base
(b) Base Drop Boxes & Forms
(i) ART Action Items (August, September, October,
November, December)
(ii) Portfolio Report
(iii) Session Description for Spring Critical Thinking Institute
(iv) Final Survey
3) 2010 Projected Disciplines:
(a) Natural Science (faculty has contacted already) – John Vaughan
(b) Dental Hygiene – Katie Woods
(c) O&P – Sam Phillips
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Emergency Medical Services – Nerina Stepanovsky
Funeral Services – Kevin Davis
Health Information Management – Martin Smith
Hospitality & Tourism Management – Robert Meyer
Human Services – Cheryl Kerr
Medical Laboratory Technology – Valerie Polansky
Parks & Leisure Services – Larry Goldsmith
Physical Therapist Assistant – Rebecca Kramer
Radiography – John Fleming
Respiratory Care – Steve Mikles
Veterinary Technology – Janice met with Richard Flora and
Veterinary Technology faculty on 10/23/09, and she
teleconferenced with Wendy Rib on 10/26/09 who is considering
Faculty Championing with Cynthia Grey.
Critical Thinking Resources
A) Gateway Website
1) Janice teleconferenced with Vicki Westergard on 10/20/09. Vicki had the
old SACS Website reconfigured so that hits redirect to the new Critical
Thinking Gateway Website.
2) Donna continues to work on consolidating and organizing the listing of
library resources: books, journal articles, Web sites, ebooks, and
videos.
3) Karen continues to post updates to the WITS-QEC Liaison Weblog.
4) Janice has a meeting with Chad Mairn on November 8 for him to share
ideas for making the Gateway Website more collaborative.
B) RLO’s
1) There are now 14 critical thinking activities/RLO’s listed via the Gateway
Website.
C) Instructional Portfolios
1) Gail is working on an evaluation instrument for the Instructional
Portfolios.
D) Critical Thinking Resource Centers
1) Good books that support critical thinking should be recommended for
library purchase. Send Gail the title and author.
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
(m)
(n)
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